Bug#699730: gnome-control-center: brightness resets on reboot or logout

[Michael Biebl]

On 04.02.2013 09:31, Zack wrote:
> Package: gnome-control-center
> Version: 1:3.4.3.1-2
> Severity: important
> Tags: upstream
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> I went into system settings/gnome-control-centre, and set the brightness to
> minimum. However, when I reboot, or log out, it reverts to maximum brightness.
> This also happens sometimes over long periods when I haven't logged out, for
> example when I leave it long enough to suspend (although not when I suspend
> it). I have searched the web for similar bugs and believe it to be a gnome bug.
> It may be related to another similar bug, in which the brightness short-cut,
> fn-down, on my keyboard only reduces the brightness about a fifth of the way to
> minimum.

Sounds like a problem in gnome-settings-daemon no re-applying the
correct brightness setting on login or gnome-control-center not storing
the brigthness setting correctly.

Do you use a multi-monitor setup?

Michael
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